The US Congress on October 1, 2008, gave absolute endorsement to an accord facilitating nuclear collaboration between the US and India. The agreement is seen as a defining moment in US-India associations and brings in a fresh aspect to worldwide non-proliferation efforts. The agreement lifts a more than 30 years old US cessation on nuclear trade with India by allowing US to offer aid to India’s civilian nuclear regime. However, opposition parties in India maintained that the country’s sovereignty and reputation have been sold out. On the other hand, several US politicians are of the belief that a gaping fissure has been knocked into the NPT command and it essentially overturns more than 50 years of US non-proliferation labours undermining efforts to thwart Iran and North Korea from obtaining nuclear weapons, and potentially adds to a nuclear arms race in the continent.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Development, too, has been on Nitish’s priority list
Development, too, has been on Nitish’s priority list. The 
NDA government has built and repaired thousands of kilometres of roads and hundreds of bridges all across the state. “Earlier it used to take more than three hours to reach Patna from Arrah, which is just 60 km away. Now it takes just an hour because the road has been widened and re-laid,” says Vijay Manjul, an Arrah restaurant owner.
"If I have not brought the moon for the people of Bihar, I have certainly made Bihar a place where they can live and pursue their vocation fearlessly. This is my biggest achievement," Nitish said while releasing the progress report on his government’s four years in power. He completed four years in office on November 24, 2009.
The RJD-LJP combine has charged the Nitish government with corruption, misrule and criminalisation of power. "The people of the state have declared that the Nitish government has failed on all fronts," state RJD president Abdul Bari Siddiqui said while talking to TSI from Patna.
The RJD has asserted that reports of the CAG have exposed the hollowness of the claim of good governance. "Corruption has surfaced in most of the state's departments and the CM has failed to rein it in," RJD general secretary Ram Kripal Yadav told TSI. The RJD has released a “chargesheet” against the government.
Ram Kripal said the CM had told the Assembly that there would be more than 1,44,000 crore rupees of investment in the state, but there is nothing on the ground. The NCP has also released a “Black Paper” against the NDA government chastising it for widespread corruption and misrule. NCP leader Tariq Anwar has said that Nitish Kumar has been a complete failure as chief minister.
Countering the Opposition, the CM asserts that Bihar is poised to be one of the leading states in India. “The central government and other state governments have not only applauded some of the innovative schemes started by us but have adopted them as well,” Nitish says.
The Bihar government has been lauded by none other than the Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who publicly said the state had made progress in the infrastructure, education and health sectors in the past four years. If Bihar kept up the momentum, it would achieve 8-9 per cent economic growth, he added.
NDA government has built and repaired thousands of kilometres of roads and hundreds of bridges all across the state. “Earlier it used to take more than three hours to reach Patna from Arrah, which is just 60 km away. Now it takes just an hour because the road has been widened and re-laid,” says Vijay Manjul, an Arrah restaurant owner."If I have not brought the moon for the people of Bihar, I have certainly made Bihar a place where they can live and pursue their vocation fearlessly. This is my biggest achievement," Nitish said while releasing the progress report on his government’s four years in power. He completed four years in office on November 24, 2009.
The RJD-LJP combine has charged the Nitish government with corruption, misrule and criminalisation of power. "The people of the state have declared that the Nitish government has failed on all fronts," state RJD president Abdul Bari Siddiqui said while talking to TSI from Patna.
The RJD has asserted that reports of the CAG have exposed the hollowness of the claim of good governance. "Corruption has surfaced in most of the state's departments and the CM has failed to rein it in," RJD general secretary Ram Kripal Yadav told TSI. The RJD has released a “chargesheet” against the government.
Ram Kripal said the CM had told the Assembly that there would be more than 1,44,000 crore rupees of investment in the state, but there is nothing on the ground. The NCP has also released a “Black Paper” against the NDA government chastising it for widespread corruption and misrule. NCP leader Tariq Anwar has said that Nitish Kumar has been a complete failure as chief minister.
Countering the Opposition, the CM asserts that Bihar is poised to be one of the leading states in India. “The central government and other state governments have not only applauded some of the innovative schemes started by us but have adopted them as well,” Nitish says.
The Bihar government has been lauded by none other than the Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who publicly said the state had made progress in the infrastructure, education and health sectors in the past four years. If Bihar kept up the momentum, it would achieve 8-9 per cent economic growth, he added.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Nokia gets a battering over faulty batteries
The BL-5C battery recall is not only costing
Nokia a lot of money – it’s bound to have a negative impact on the image of the brand that enjoys an almost 70% share in the mobile handset market in India. (See the 4Ps B&M Cover Story on product recalls in this issue of the magazine) Almost six million complaints have been registered by Nokia in India; 5% of these will have to be replaced. Each battery costs around Rs.700 – or $17; in all, about Rs.210 million or $5.1 million is going to be spent by Nokia in India to replace the BL-5C batteries. Earlier, Nokia had committed to replace the BL-5C batteries worldwide, admitting that manufacturing defects were leading to overheating of the battery while charging. The defective batteries were manufactured by Japanese company Matsushita, between December 2005 and November 2006, and were used to power more than 50 Nokia models. Some experts feel that by offering to replace the batteries (before the matter got out of hand, that is!), Nokia has done good damage
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
Nokia a lot of money – it’s bound to have a negative impact on the image of the brand that enjoys an almost 70% share in the mobile handset market in India. (See the 4Ps B&M Cover Story on product recalls in this issue of the magazine) Almost six million complaints have been registered by Nokia in India; 5% of these will have to be replaced. Each battery costs around Rs.700 – or $17; in all, about Rs.210 million or $5.1 million is going to be spent by Nokia in India to replace the BL-5C batteries. Earlier, Nokia had committed to replace the BL-5C batteries worldwide, admitting that manufacturing defects were leading to overheating of the battery while charging. The defective batteries were manufactured by Japanese company Matsushita, between December 2005 and November 2006, and were used to power more than 50 Nokia models. Some experts feel that by offering to replace the batteries (before the matter got out of hand, that is!), Nokia has done good damageFor Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
Thursday, August 16, 2007
HDFC
Aditya Puri is confident that FY08 will be great for the banking sector... 
You open a grocery shop in the name of HDFC; take our words, it will give the godfathers in the business a nightmare. As a brand, HDFC breeds trust and integrity that gels with the consumer psyche. Says Renu Sud Karnad, Executive Director, HDFC Ltd., “Integrity, transparency, trust and professional service are important pillars of the brand HDFC. And most importantly, people (both employees and customers) are our brand ambassadors.” Be it life insurance, banking or asset management, HDFC has generated tremendous clout in all these businesses. “Since most of HDFC’s Group companies are in financial sector, the power of the HDFC brand and the values associated with it, has had a significant bearing on these companies. (Also) the Group companies’ own efforts to align with HDFC brand values, has helped each of them succeed in their respective fields,” adds Renu. An umbrella brand that has nurtured all under it – is the reason why HDFC has skyrocketed from 52nd position last year to a commendable 9th rank this year. What’s more, HDFCas a brand has been created via ‘word of mouth’, sans any overdose of jarring advertising, which perhaps attaches significant doses of customer loyalty to its strong brand identity. Market buzz is rife that HDFC Bank may merge withthe parent soon, can you imagine the sheer size of their combined might then? A mind-numbing $18 billion!
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You open a grocery shop in the name of HDFC; take our words, it will give the godfathers in the business a nightmare. As a brand, HDFC breeds trust and integrity that gels with the consumer psyche. Says Renu Sud Karnad, Executive Director, HDFC Ltd., “Integrity, transparency, trust and professional service are important pillars of the brand HDFC. And most importantly, people (both employees and customers) are our brand ambassadors.” Be it life insurance, banking or asset management, HDFC has generated tremendous clout in all these businesses. “Since most of HDFC’s Group companies are in financial sector, the power of the HDFC brand and the values associated with it, has had a significant bearing on these companies. (Also) the Group companies’ own efforts to align with HDFC brand values, has helped each of them succeed in their respective fields,” adds Renu. An umbrella brand that has nurtured all under it – is the reason why HDFC has skyrocketed from 52nd position last year to a commendable 9th rank this year. What’s more, HDFCas a brand has been created via ‘word of mouth’, sans any overdose of jarring advertising, which perhaps attaches significant doses of customer loyalty to its strong brand identity. Market buzz is rife that HDFC Bank may merge withthe parent soon, can you imagine the sheer size of their combined might then? A mind-numbing $18 billion!
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007
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